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Pakistan Declares Mecca Alliance "Defensive," Rules Out Expansion

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Pakistan Declares Mecca Alliance "Defensive," Rules Out Expansion

🕌 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan won't let Riyadh turn the Mecca bloc into a war alliance. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The Mecca bloc covers 40+ Muslim states. A public "defensive only" cap tells Riyadh — absorbing Houthi strikes — that Islamabad won't mobilize it offensively against Iran. That preserves Pakistan's mediation corridor with Tehran. Warning Iran over Houthis yesterday, capping the alliance today: Islamabad is calibrating both sides simultaneously.

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